2013 Event The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Canadian writer Alice Munro 1997 Death Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73 1991 Event Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia 1972 Death Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38 1942 Death Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies 1931 Birthday Alice Munro, author, Dance of the Happy Shades 1923 Birthday Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist 1916 Death Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist 1870 Birthday Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came 1870 Birthday Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist